US 12,173,850 B2
Fluid tank
Tomoki Nakashima, Nagoya (JP); Osamu Sawai, Okazaki (JP); Koji Sugiura, Toyota (JP); and Chiaki Kataoka, Nagakute (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/134,665.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-086802 (JP), filed on May 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0408041 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. F17C 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 13/084 (2013.01) [F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2203/012 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0333 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0604 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0629 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0636 (2013.01); F17C 2203/066 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0111 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0165 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0178 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0184 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid tank comprising:
a pressure vessel in which a fluid is contained;
a first dome protector and a second dome protector disposed facing each other across the pressure vessel in a longitudinal direction of the pressure vessel;
a connecting member that connects the first dome protector and the second dome protector along an exterior of the pressure vessel; and
a bolt that attaches the connecting member to the first dome protector or the second dome protector, wherein:
an elongated hole in which a diameter in a longitudinal direction of the pressure vessel is longer than a diameter in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is provided in the connecting member;
the diameter of the elongated hole in the longitudinal direction is longer than an outer diameter of a shaft of the bolt;
the first dome protector or the second dome protector is slidably attached to the connecting member within a range of the diameter of the elongated hole in the longitudinal direction by the bolt inserted into the elongated hole.